With the oversubscription of the offer-for-sale (OFS) of state-owned Bank of Maharashtra, the government is expected to realise about Rs 2,492 crore by diluting its 6 per cent stake in the bank. With the allotment of shares, the Pune-based lender would become Minimum Public Shareholding compliant with the Sebi norms. The OFS of Bank of Maharashtra closed for subscription Wednesday at a floor price of Rs 54 per share. At this price, the government would mop up about Rs 2,492 crore by divesting its 6 per cent stake in the lender. Prior to the OFS, the government's holding in the bank was 79.60 per cent. With the stake dilution to 73.6 per cent, the bank would be able to meet the MPS norm of 25 per cent as the government stake would come below 75 per cent. "The second day of Bank of Maharashtra OFS closed with good interest from investors and 1.72 times subscription. With this, the Bank is now Minimum Public Shareholding compliant. We thank all investors for their participation," ...
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The Centre plans to offload up to 6% in Bank of Maharashtra through an OFS, including a 1% green-shoe option, potentially raising around Rs 2,500 crore and reducing government holding below 75%
The government has decided to divest up to 6 per cent stake in state-owned Bank of Maharashtra through an Offer for Sale commencing on Tuesday. At the current market price, the government would be able to garner about Rs 2,600 crore by offloading up to 6 per cent stake in the bank. "Offer for Sale in Bank of Maharashtra (BOM) opens tomorrow for Non-Retail investors. Retail investors can bid on Wednesday. Government offers to disinvest 5% equity in the bank with an additional 1% as a green shoe option," Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) Secretary Arunish Chawla said in a post on X. The government currently holds a 79.60 per cent stake in the Pune-based bank. With the stake dilution, the bank would be able to meet the minimum public shareholding norm of 25 per cent as the government stake will come down below 75 per cent. This is in line with the Securities Contract (Regulation) Rules issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, which mandate that
Indian Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, Bank of Baroda, Central Bank of India and Canara Bank were up in the range of 2 per cent to 3 per cent in intra-day trade on Tuesday.
Public sector lender Bank of Maharashtra on Tuesday reported a 23 per cent growth in its standalone net profit to Rs 1,633 crore in the September quarter of the current fiscal (FY26), driven by a decline in bad loans and a rise in interest income. The bank had posted a net profit of Rs 1,327 crore in the same quarter preceding fiscal (FY25). The state-owned bank earned interest income of Rs 7,128 crore during the quarter, compared to Rs 6,017 crore in the same period a year ago, Bank of Maharashtra said in a regulatory filing. Overall, its total income increased to Rs 7,973.61 crore in the quarter under review from Rs 6,809.2 crore in the three months ended September 30, 2024. The bank was able to reduce gross Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) to 1.72 per cent of the gross loans by the end of September 2025, from 1.84 per cent a year ago. Likewise, net NPAs or bad loans came down to 0.18 per cent, from 0.2 per cent at the end of the second quarter of the previous fiscal. Shares of Ban
As the bank is anticipating no rate cuts in Q3, the compression in NIM would be slightly lower as deposits will be re-priced
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The state-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) has reported a 16.8 per cent credit growth of Rs 2.54 lakh crore in the second quarter of this financial year. Total advances stood at Rs 2.17 lakh crore as of September 30, 2024, BoM said in a regulatory filing on Monday. The Pune-based lender reported a 12.1 per cent increase in total deposits to Rs 3.09 lakh crore, as against Rs 2.76 lakh crore at the end of the second quarter of the previous financial year. The bank's total business rose by 14.2 per cent to Rs 5.64 lakh crore, from over Rs 4.94 lakh crore in the year-ago period. The Current Account and Savings Account (CASA) of the bank stood at 50.35 per cent of total deposits, compared to 49.29 per cent at the end of the second quarter of the previous fiscal year. Credit deposit ratio of the bank rose from 71.7 per cent to 82 per cent at the end of September 2025, it added.
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Systematix noted that PSBs witnessed a remarkable turnaround in FY25, reversing the decade-long decline in their advances market share
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Bank of Maharashtra will raise Rs 2,000 crore via equity issue by FY26 to meet SEBI's 75% public shareholding rule, reducing government stake from nearly 80%
Bank of Maharashtra reports a 23.2% YoY increase in Q1 net profit to ₹1,593 crore, driven by 17.6% growth in NII and healthy advances. Asset quality improves, but provisions rise due to agri NPAs
Bank of Maharashtra shares were quoting at ₹57.13, up 1.87 per cent compared to the previous day's close of ₹56.08
State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) on Tuesday reported 23 per cent increase in net profit to Rs 1,593 crore during the first quarter, helped by decline in bad loans and improvement in interest income. The Pune-based lender had posted a net profit of Rs 1,293 crore in the April-June period of the previous year. Total income in the quarter under review rose to Rs 7,879 crore from Rs 6,769 crore in the same period a year ago, BoM said in a regulatory filing. Interest earned by the bank grew to Rs 7,054 crore as compared to Rs 5,875 crore in June quarter FY25. The bank's asset quality showed improvement as gross non-performing assets (NPAs) declined to 1.74 per cent of gross advances at the end of June quarter FY26 from 1.85 per cent a year ago. Similarly, net NPAs or bad loans declined to 0.18 per cent as against 0.20 per cent in the year-ago period. Capital adequacy ratio of the bank rose to 20.06 per cent from 17.04 per cent in the same quarter of FY25.
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